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APPUCATION FILED SEPT. if. 1914.

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Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

6 indicates the crown or body of a cap foldable, woven or other fabric,and which may be of any desired form and style, and provided with theusual brini or yizor 7, and may be with an ornamental front band orstrip 8.

Secured to the inner face of the edge of the crown, as hereinafter'described, is a scctional sweat band consisting of a rear inember l) anda front member 10, both of which lmembers preferably consist of leather,or

may be of any other nonresilient material commonly used for sweat bands,the length of which when taken together is greater than thecircumference of the edge of the crown when fully distended, to thelargest size of head it is adapted for.

The rear member 9 of the Sweat band is secured s usual to the crown,preferably by means of stitches along its opposing edges as indicated atllwdl, 'thereby leaving its ends free and detached from the fabric ofthe ccp. r

The front member of the sweat band is as usual stitched only along itsoutei` edge to the fabric of the cap, which stitching, however, for thepurpose of my invention termiI nates at each side of the brim or Vizor7, or at such other point as to leave the opposite ends of the frontmember free, and whereby they forni tongues lil-d2 at each side of thecap, respectively projecting into poclrete in the renr menibor of thesweat band be fore described, which tongues are yn'eferabl stiifencdii'idicated at i3 by means of further-bone, and may be by Celluloid,paste board, or other suitable stillening secured to the inner face ofthe sweat bund, which preferably tapers toward a point as indicated inFig', i3, for convenience of the in sertion o? the tongue to itsoperative position in tile rear member of the sweat band. The free endsof both of these tongues ll--l2 are freely movable. in both au inwardand outward direction of their respectivo podreis, their length however,lui-ing such that when the fabric ot' the cap is distendrd 'for thelargest zal/,e of head for wliicb it is adapted. the tongues will not beaccidentally detached from tlicir pockets.

Having sliown and described a sweat band ulade in sections, one olfwiicli ecctions is provided at its ends with tongues teli` .uroping inthe other section ut ruoli side oli' the can, it should now be l risulthat my inwntimx is not to be limiwd thereto, but .includes` :i out bandlontani l'roni one iicli trlcswipr my, piccr. or strip. llw ends nl" alor ollnrvfm l'riw a sliding," uguali the other. lwielf it s wa Envoissubsaznizlljf vari.

bands so made shall be automatically adjustable by some means notobjectionable to the wearer, and which will not destroy the symmetry orotherwise disligure the cap, and which will retain its adjusting tensionfor a. substantially indelinite time. To these ends there is securedatits ends at the opposite sides of the cap, a device 14 which may be acurved strip of thin steel, a coiled wire spring, etc., but whichpreferably is a rubber tape or cord externally of the sweat band, andconfined between the fabric 6 of the cap and a textile strip or tape l5,which tape like the resilient means ll being secured at one end asindicated at 16-l6 to the fabric of the cap adjacent the socket end ofthe sweat band, and likewise at its opposite end adjacent the base ofthe tongue ot' the sweat band as indicated at 17, may serve to, andpreferably limits the stretchability of the resilient means 14 whetherit be a rubber cord or tape, or a metal spring, and thereby preventingthem from being stretched to a degree reducing their normal `elasticityand therefore tension.

When the resilient means is contracted small fulls or folds are therebyproduced in tbc fabric ci the cap, and also in the strip or tape 15,which straighten out more or less when tbe resilient Ineens is stretchedin fitting the cap to heads differing in size, the stretchability of theresilient means being euch that for fitting tbe cap to a head ol thesmallest size for which it is intended that but little stretching isnecessary therefor, followed with but a Small degree 0f unfolding ot'the frills in the fabric of the cap, which, however, are substantiallystraightened out when the cap is iitted to a bead of the la rgest sizefor which it is intended. and in no instance are ,the fulls unsightly,but on tlie contrary, give a more or less m'nnnicntal effect und newdesign to the cap, interposed as they are between the ornamental strap 8and may be between an upn'a rd outward fold '18 of a flap or strip offlu material of which the crown ot' the cali is coxnposeefl. and whichis preferably of tlnr saine shade ot' material, though may be of sonoother shade. My invention. howcwr. not limited to those several detailsot' constrxu'tion, but includes' first, a sweat band lor a can. which isadjustable by menus ol a tclcscoping or sliding' counection between itsends. mont nl any resilient nun-ins concealed within the structure ofliu' cap and isolated from the hond nl' the wearer by :my part of a.subsiaiitial7jv nowclfristic sweat band adjaand second, the elnploy-`1go con( thermo when opl-rating to automatialieni length or lengths ci':i resilient means,

whether it .be of resilientI cord, tape or metal, and thereby providingfor the `greatest possible economy in this respect for adjusting asingle cap to so many differing sizes of heads, that it is found inpractice that but two differing sizes of crowns need be made forfurnishing all of the several sizes now required to fit boys and mensheads. It may also be finally observed that my invention is adapted fordesirability of use in connection withavhat are commonly known as softor felt hats. y

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Pattent is: Y

` 1. A cap comprising in combination a continuous sweat band, means foradjusting said sweat band to differing sizes of heads, resilient meanswithin and concealed by the fabric of the cap for automaticallycontracting said sweat band located externally thereof, and whereby acap is yieldingly adjustable to differing sizes of heads.

2. A cap comprising' in combination a 25 sweat band provided withtelescoping ends,

and a concealed resiient means automatically resisting: their movementfrom each Aprovided with a pocket adapted to movably confine theopposing end thereof, and a resilient means confined between said bandand the fabric of the cap yieldingly moving the opposing ends of theband toward each other.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal,this 31st day of August, A. D. 1914.

ALFRED B. CHANDLER.

Witnesses MILDicnn ELsivEn, JNO. G. ELLIOTT.

